A Typical Reaction to Pipesmoking?

[gkunkel]

When I fractured my shoulder 3 months ago, I went to Urgent Care to have it checked out when the nurse asked if I smoked, I dreaded what I’d hear next when I told her I smoked a pipe. Instead of admonishing me, she told me she was Cuban and loved the aroma of her uncles’ cigars


Beyond the reaction from others has largely been positive

 

[RMGadelha]

I'm often in those online video chats with strangers. Coming from younger people, especially Brazilians like me, they constantly ask if I'm smoking weed. Now, I don't judge what people prefer to smoke, but it gets a bit old hearing that all the time. Something else that I also hear is that I look like someone's grandpa.

 

[Peter Turbo]

For me, boomers will stop and be like “oh my dad or grandad smoked a pipe how nice”

zoomers just look at me quizzically and keep it moving.

 

[captainsousie]

The most common reply I get when people find out that I smoke a pipe is an amused "you would."

 

[sablebrush52]

I only smoke outdoors. Positive reactions vs negative stands at about 10,000 to 1.

 

[hall222]

I smoke mainly in private but have taken a pipe down by the river for some "meditation time", before.

 

[Buffalo]

I've got a pipe shoved in my face about every minute of the day that I can. I did see an older guy smoking a pipe the other day though. I thought: "Gee, that's an old guy smoking that pipe... and what's he doing in my bathroom?"

Then realization sank in.

 

[HeavyLeadBelly]

I’m a solitary smoker so the only reactions I get are if and when I tell someone about it during the course of a conversation. Usually ambivalent to positive reactions.

 

[sardonicus87]

Only time I smoked a pipe in public was at this meetup I do every year with guys from this motorcycle forum I am on, and I think without me, the average age is maybe 65 years old. The next youngest of anyone that goes after me is in their 50's maybe? Some of them smoke cigars, some don't.

Only reactions I got were one guy that just likes to sit near me even when I'm smoking cigarettes. He used to be a cigarette smoker, just likes the smell. The other was from another guy's wife, who just commented that what I was smoking smelled a lot better than "what they were smoking last night" (a few were smoking marijuana the night before).

Otherwise, I don't even talk about smoking a pipe when I am out, so almost nobody knows I smoke one other than my family.

 

[OverMountain]

Everybody is surprised to find out that I smoke. I don't hide, but I sure don't advertise that I do it either. Mainly I get tired of the health lectures I get being a physician. Yes, I do know smoking is bad for your health.....

Nobody ever - not once- has mentioned a positive side of smoking. People with terminal anxiety taking pain pills and benzodiazepines, obese people eating away their stress, alcoholics, various abdominal conditions manifesting from psych stress all sanctimoniously tell me I need to quit immediately and I should know better as a physician. (I get the helmet lectures almost daily as well)

All the neighbors, patients, friends, and even strangers all feel it is perfectly fine to comment and admonish me about something they know very little about. I find that strange, as so many other topics are pure taboo. It leads me to use discretion with smoking, just so I don't have to hear another lecture and be judged in this small community.

Doc, hate to revisit this but it’s worth bringing up. I pose this question to the group:

How many people have seen a single motorcycle parked in front of a psychiatric doctor or other mental health office? I have seen ZERO.

Motorcycle riding is hazardous, an not an insignificant risk but it brings joy and relaxation to people. Keep the psych meds, the fat pills, and the complainers at bay. Live a healthy joyful life, and if that involves a tobacco pipe, then so be it.

 

[Doctor Chopper]

Doc, hate to revisit this but it’s worth bringing up. I pose this question to the group:

How many people have seen a single motorcycle parked in front of a psychiatric doctor or other mental health office? I have seen ZERO.

Motorcycle riding is hazardous, an not an insignificant risk but it brings joy and relaxation to people. Keep the psych meds, the fat pills, and the complainers at bay. Live a healthy joyful life, and if that involves a tobacco pipe, then so be it.

Motorcycling is what keeps me sane. It is my passion. My life would not be the same without it.

 

[Michigan_Bill]

The only reaction I have had from strangers is a big smile.

 

[OzPiper]

I smoke my pipe(s) almost always in the privacy of home and hidden from neighbours and passer-bys by hedges

Typical reaction from my wife ? A reluctant acceptance that doesn’t stop her from wrinkling her nose
She knows it’s my downtime

Cigars with friends ? Yes

 

[OzPiper]

Oh yeah!
The "holier than thou" reaction from people, when they see one with a pipe, cigar or cigarette, even though unlit!

The fake coughs are so obnoxious

The world abounds with Karens

 

[Jef]

I smoke a pipe for my own pleasure. I try to respect others and don't seek people to smoke around. If someone wants to go out of their way to express their negative opinion then I just tell them to "Mind your own business." As smokers, if we are curteous, we should not have to put up with some assholes opinion. If they persist, then that person is going to have a REAL problem to contend with. Personally, I don't take harrassment well.

Hank Williams Jr. said it best..... "If you mind your own business then you won't be into mine."

 

[Searock Fan]

He may have been riding a motorcycle, but he surely was not a biker.

I no longer ride, but when I did this was my last bike. I covered about half the U.S. on it. I never considered myself a "biker" ( I shower frequently) and I know all the "Harley Guys" didn't consider me one either. Whereas other bike riders were usually friendly, the Harley guys typically, no so much.

 

[Rossi320]

My one and only reaction was.....that guy is smoking a pipe, guess he thinks he is cool

 

[OzPiper]

Motorcycling is what keeps me sane. It is my passion. My life would not be the same without it.

I don’t ride, and know nothing of bikes.
This was the one time I wished I rode. Just so I could beg a ride of the owner
Seen in a little village in France some years ago

 

[Doctor Chopper]

I no longer ride, but when I did this was my last bike. I covered about half the U.S. on it. I never considered myself a "biker" ( I shower frequently) and I know all the "Harley Guys" didn't consider me one either. Whereas other bike riders were usually friendly, the Harley guys typically, no so much.

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We are all bikers! Harley guys like to tease, but it ain't serious. I do shower, but know plenty of guys at rally's who obviously don't!

Some Harley guys got attitudes, they are not real bikers either, just wanna be bar hoppers. They eventually find someone to offend and usually sell the bike after they heal up from the beating.

Everyone on two wheels is a brother.

That is a nice setup you got there. I do quite a bit of long distance riding and Iron Butt challenges. The last one beat me and although I got home, the bike didn't. I am looking to buy another before the snow melts and try that ride again. Not going to let it beat me!

 

[Searock Fan]

I am looking to buy another before the snow melts and try that ride again. Not going to let it beat me!

I wish I could join you, but alas, time has caught up with me and affected my balance. I would probably dump the bike before I got to the end of my driveway. Good luck!